Thanks to all you gals who gave me advice on my undergarment debacle! This was first time in the dress since Christmas, and it's more beautiful than I remember. My alterations person took one look at me in the dress with the undergarment and said I didn't need one. We put the dress back on sans undergarment (undies only).
The good news: WAY more comfortable. The bad? Nothing to "suck in" my midsection, so the dress feels much tighter. She told me she could let it out about 1/4 inch each side to give me a little breathing room, but we're going to wait till I go back on July 1st to see how we're doing then. I am going to try and drop some more pounds, but I know my body, and the LAST place I lose weight in from my midsection. Nothing to do but try though and hope for the best. Worst case is that I look great but can't sit down. HA!
I also discovered that since I have been growing my hair out, it now looks like way too much hair, so I will be pulling it up off my face instead of wearing it down. My something old are antique hair clips from my grandmother, which I also tried while I had the dress on to see how they matched and they looked great. So did my satin ballet slippers from Dessy, which I am considering embellishing now thanks to some of you DIY'ers on the board.
On to the next thing on my list!